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Ramaphosa Vows to Fight Impeachment Report and Seek Re-election – The New York Times

Ramaphosa Vows to Fight Impeachment Report and Seek Re-election  The New York Times Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa leader won’t resign, says spokesman  BBC South Africa’s President Ramaphosa ‘is not resigning’: Spokesman  Al Jazeera English Scandal-hit S. African President Ramaphosa seeks to hang on

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Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies, explained

Photo by Alex Livesey – Danehouse/Getty Images The FIFA World Cup has highlighted Qatar’s laws and attitudes towards homosexuality. Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies have become a flashpoint in a controversial World Cup tournament; between national teams facing punishment for wearing rainbow

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Rail workers say quality-of-life concerns not resolved under deal imposed by Congress

President Joe Biden signed a bill Friday to block a strike and force workers to accept the agreements union leaders made in September, even though four of the 12 unions — which include a majority of rail workers — voted

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Remarks by President Biden in a Reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – The White House

Remarks by President Biden in a Reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee  The White House

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Remarks by President Biden in a Reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – The White House

Remarks by President Biden in a Reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee  The White House

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Rishi Sunak urged to challenge Afghanistan’s ‘gender apartheid’

A coalition of Afghan women is calling on the prime minister to organise a global summit on the struggles women and girls are facing in the country.

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Cuba’s ‘Nueva Trova’ music movement named as part of cultural heritage

Cuban cultural authorities have declared the musical movement known as Nueva Trova, a folk-music genre melding poetry and progressive politics, to be part of the nation’s cultural heritage, the official newspaper Granma reported Saturday. The decision was announced Friday at

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U.S. knocked out of World Cup with 3-1 loss to the Netherlands

Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzel Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals.

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U.S. knocked out of World Cup with 3-1 loss to the Netherlands

Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzel Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals.

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Beijing and Shenzhen End COVID-19 Test Requirement for Public Transport

BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. The slight relaxation of testing requirements comes even as daily

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